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For those wondering whether lockdown regulations were really necessary, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital has achieved a historic first under the amended lockdown level 3 regulations. Image: Facebook, @ChrisHaniBaragwanath.
Announcing the most severe level of lockdown earlier in the week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said one of the main reasons for the move was to ease pressure on the health care system.
For those wondering if closure regulations were in fact needed, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital has achieved a historic first under the amended level 3 closure regulations.
On social media, the hospital announced that its trauma center was completely empty for the first time on New Years Day.
Announcing the most severe level of lockdown earlier in the week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said one of the main reasons for the move was to ease pressure on the health care system.
“Our hospitals, both private and public, are already near their maximum capacity in several provinces and ICU beds are full or filling rapidly,” he said, noting that hospital admissions in the Eastern Cape had exceeded recorded figures. in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Did you know that it is the first in the history of the hospital’s trauma rescue area to have no patients on New Year’s Day 1?
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#GrowingGautengTogetherPosted by Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital on Thursday, December 31, 2020
Level 3 restrictions imposed on the country included a longer curfew and a ban on the sale and transport of alcohol.
Law enforcement authorities were in full force on New Year’s Eve to ensure compliance with the reduction in the number of alcohol-related trauma cases, one of the driving motivations for the restrictions.
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